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SUBMITTER: Hong KS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4747068 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hong Keun-Sik KS Ko Sang-Bae SB Yu Kyung-Ho KH Jung Cheolkyu C Park Sukh Que SQ Kim Byung Moon BM Chang Chul-Hoon CH Bae Hee-Joon HJ Heo Ji Hoe JH Oh Chang Wan CW Lee Byung-Chul BC Kim Bum-Tae BT Kim Bum-Soo BS Chung Chin-Sang CS Yoon Byung-Woo BW Rha Joung-Ho JH
Journal of stroke 20160129 1
Patients with severe stroke due to acute large cerebral artery occlusion are likely to be severely disabled or dead without timely reperfusion. Previously, intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV-TPA) within 4.5 hours after stroke onset was the only proven therapy, but IV-TPA alone does not sufficiently improve the outcome of patients with acute large artery occlusion. With the introduction of the advanced endovascular therapy, which enables more fast and more successful recanalization, rec ...[more]